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by DAVE BRINK
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"I think the public has a
right to know everything there
is to know.. .particularly about
the war." ,
An exception must be made,
cautioned Cicrald Warren, the
Deputy Press Secretary to
President Nixon, in some
foreign policy matters.
The news embargo placed
on the South Vietnamese
invasion of Laos, Warren
explained in an interview with
the Daily Nebraskan Tuesday,
was based on the decision of
commanders in the field. The
news blackout, he added, was
designed to protect troops
taking part in the action.
THE COMMANDER'S
(Gen. Abrarns) intention,
according to Warren, was to
confuse the enemy, not the
American public.
"This President. ..has no
motivation to lie to the
American public" about
Vietnam, he stated. Although
he knows there is "honest. ..and
sometimes heated opposition"
to his policies. Warren added,
the President believes they are
based on a ratio.vJ. plan to get
U.S. troops out of the war.
The President, he said, has
adopted a policy of allowing
South Vietnam to determine its
own destiny. Warren said it is
not a question of whether or
not they win after the United
States leaves but whether they
can assume the role America
has now.
HE SAID HE HAD great
faith in the ability of the South
Vietnamese to succeed in the
Laotion campaign. Under "no
circumstances" will Nixon send
ground troops into Laos, he
added. The Hastings native, a '52
graduate of the University, was
on campus Monday and
Tuesday to participate in the
annual Master's Week program.
After nearly 20 years in
journalism, beginning as editor
of the Daily Nebraskan in
1951, Warren joined the
Nixon administration in 1969.
Warren said his friendship with
Presidential Press Secretary
Ron Ziegler and some other
people in the Nixon
administration was the
principal reason he took the
job. -
Although a registered
Republican for several years,
Warren said he had never been
active in party politics. He
claimed he was dedicated to his
newspaper career and would
return to it someday.
SHUNNING THE LABEL
of interpreter or public
relations man, Warren said he
saw himself as a spokesman.
The Deputy Press Secretary
outlines his role as trying to
portray the President's feelings
and opinions as accurately as
possible to the press.
Although in frequent
contact with the President,
Warren described his main job
as being a "point man" for the
White House Press Office.
Ron Ziegler handles the
day-to-day contact with Nixon,
he explained, while his job is to
speak to and answer queries
from the press.
According to Warren, the
President understands the role
of the press in government and
understands that his Presidency
"should be held up to an
examining light by the press."
IN WARREN'S OPINION,
Nixon feels no great
antagonism toward newsmen.
He gets summaries of the
important news in papers and
magazines each day in addition
to continous reports on
breaking news.
Nixon "does not react
instantly to network news
stories," Warren stated, but he
(Warren) and Ziegler keep
"pretty close tabs" on news
shows and wire services. If they
make a mistake concerning the
facts of an issue we inform the
newsman and he usually
appreciates the information
and corrects the error. Warren
said.
"By and large the people
who cover the White House,"
Warren said, "arc highly
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In spite of the "very
demanding life" required of
White House personnel and the
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"understand some of the
problems of government and
maybe help solve some."
"Very few people have the
opportunity to serve a
President," he concluded, "and
it's an honor and a privilege to
be one of those persons."
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